Longitude

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The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel

  • My rating: Rated 4 out of 5
  • Read: November 2022
  • Published: 1995
  • Pages: 184
  • Category: History, society and politics

My review

The story is fascinating and I learned a lot. I was totally unfamiliar with how difficult and time-consuming it was to measure longitude. The only thing I missed in this Kindle edition was pictures. The author is all the time referring to machines and mechanisms that are way easier to understand with a simple illustration.

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